The Russia-Ukraine War

Front matter

THE RUSSIA- UKRAINE WAR

Towards Resilient Fighting Power

Viktoriya Fedorchak

Contents

Introduction 1 1 Analytical framework 4

2 The conceptual component: Soviet strategic thinking and military doctrine in the post-Cold War reforms 23 3 Historical context 44 4 Combatants 61 5 The land domain 81 6 The air domain 100 7 The maritime domain 120 8 Information and cyber aspects of the war 138 x Contents

11 Final considerations: Modern warfare and resilient fighting power

Conclusion

Bibliography Index

218 236

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This was not an easy book to write. Hence, the assistance of people who were there for me in various ways is of great importance. I am grateful to my Air Operations Division at the Swedish Defense University, who welcomed me to their community a year ago. I am exceptionally grateful to Per Hard af Segerstad for the soft landing and welcoming working environment; Rikard Niva for the numerous conversations that kept my spirits high; Emil Walter for introducing me to the Swedish air power; and Daniel Smith for understanding and the important work he does for the Ukrainian military. Special thanks to the civilian and military leadership of the university for the warm welcome and supporting me throughout this year.

I am grateful to my editors and publishing team for making this project happen despite the restrained time frames and challenging circumstances. I would like to thank the reviewers of my initial book proposal for redirecting my energy in the right direction.

Most of all, I am grateful to my mother, Fedorchak Olga Semenivna, who was with me every step of the way.

Dr Viktoriya Fedorchak

DISCLAIMER

Views expressed in this monograph are the author’s alone, and do not represent the official positions of the Swedish Defence University and the Swedish government.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADP AEW Al

AJP AOR APC ASW ATACMS ATO ATV AWACS A2AD BDA BTG

C2

C3I C4ISR

CAR CAS CGS CINC COIN EEZ EPF FSB

Army Doctrinal Publication Operations Airborne Early Warning

Artificial Intelligence

Allied Joint Doctrine (Allied Joint Operations) Area of Responsibility

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Anti-Submarine Warfare

Army Tactical Missile System

Anti-Terrorist Operation

All-Terrain Vehicles

Airborne Warning & Control System Anti-Access and Area Denial Capabilities Battle Damage Assessment

Battalion Tactical Group

Command and Control

Command and control, Communications and Intelligence Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Conflict Armament Research

Close Air Support

Chief of General Staff

Commander in Chief

Counterinsurgency

Exclusive Economic Zone

European Peace Facility

Russian Federal Security Service xiv List of abbreviations

GRU Chief Intelligence Office (abbreviation used both in Ukraine and Russia)

HARM High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles

HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems

HUMINT Huma Intelligence

IDCC International Donor Coordination Centre

IFV Infantry Fighting Vehicles

IFU International Fund for Ukraine

ISR Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance

ISW Institute of the Study of War

JCC Joint Coordination Centre

JFO Joint Force Operation

MDI Multidomain Integration

MANPADS Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems

MMCM Maritime Mine Counter Measures

MOD Ministry of Defence (UK)

MP Member of Parliament (UK)

NAFO North Atlantic Fellas Organization

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NCO Non-Commissioned Officer

NEC Network Enabling Capability

NFZ No-Fly Zones

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

NGW New Generation of Warfare

NLAW Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon

NSA NATO Standardized Agency

NSDC National Security and Defence Council (of Ukraine)

OSINT Open-Source Intelligence

PGM Precision-Guided Munition

PMC Private Military Company

POW Prisoners Of War

PSO Peace Support Operations

RAAM Remote Anti-Armor Mine

RAF Royal Air Force

RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle

SAR Search and Rescue

SBU Ukrainian law enforcement

SOF Special Operations Forces

SSSCIP State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine

TDF Territorial Defence Forces

UAF Ukrainian Armed Forces

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